Posts Tagged ‘films’

By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Books and Authors, People, YouTube Videos

Indian actress and former beauty queen Leela Naidu (69) passed away earlier this week in Mumbai.Described as one of the most elegant and beautiful Indian actresses Ms. Naidu’s was was a “delicate beauty.” At times she reminded you of Audrey Hepburn.  She made her acting debut in 1960 in Anuradha directed by Hrishkesh Mukherjee with [...]



By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Books and Authors, Chennai/Madras, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos

This is perhaps the first Indian general electins where so many Indian film makers and stars are involved. This is not the first general election where movie stars are playing a significant role, but this is perhaps the first time where a large number of them are involved and that is what is different. While [...]



By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 5th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People, Podcast

The Kamla Show is collaborating with NDTV.com. We will be creating an interesting mix of interviews from our life and people channels for NDTV.com. We are launching with an  interview with British Director Danny Boyle of Slumdog Millionaire.
In this exclusive interview Danny talks about the making of Slumdog Millionaire in Mumbai, whether this is an [...]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jan 12th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Books and Authors, India, People

Slumdog Millionaire won 4 Golden Globe Award for best picture,  best director, music and screenplay.
British director Danny Boyle won the award for directing this independent film, film composer AR Rahman won the award for best musical score and Simon Beoufy won for the best screenplay based on Vikas Swarup’s novel Q&A.



By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 27th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Events, India, Interviews, Life, Video

Today the Unforgettable Tour starring the Bachchans, Madhuri Dixit, Ritesh Deshmukh, Preity Zinta and others comes to the San Francisco bay area. The stars will perform at what was previously known as Oakland Coliseum, which is a giant sports stadium that can seat thousands of people. I imagine all the roads leading to the Coliseum [...]



By Kamla Bhatt • May 28th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People

Guess who is the latest Bollywood blogger? Salman Khan aka the “Shirtless Wonder.” He started blogging recently at DusKadum.
All of a sudden it seems like blogging is quite the rage in Bollywood and I wonder who is helping or advising these Bollywood starts on their social media strategy? I am curious to know why instead [...]